The ewer shaped like a nautilus shell, richly enamelled in fine famille rose enamels with elaborate bands of scrolling floral meanders alternating with smaller scroll bands, the domed foot with a radiating lotus petal collar; the basin resembling a large, deeply fluted scallop shell resting on three conical feet, decorated with a yellow-ground ruyi head within a larger ruyi head strewn with flowers on a ground of dense blue scrolls, the ruyi head piercing the bold elongated barbed panels of full blown peony, fruits, lotus and other flowers amidst leaves and buds, the exterior with single green ruyi head piercing blue floral scroll panels. Period: First half of the 18th century. Height: 25 cm (ewer), length: 37 cm (basin).